The Republic of Soirwren is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.853 billion Soirwrenians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Soigné. The average income tax rate is 54.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Soirwrenian economy, worth 153 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 82,745 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, just as students finish their homework it's time for school, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, and children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soirwren's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.